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Senior politicians of JD(U) and LJP, both allies of BJP, confide that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan have categorically asked the national BJP leaders not to thrust their ideas and dictates which made the BJP lose the Delhi polls last week, on them in Bihar on the plea of guiding the electoral strategy of the NDA.

The Aam Aadmi Party currently is in a jubilant mood. After all, party supremo Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has now established himself as the popular face of Delhiites with a well crafted progressive image aided by soft shades of Hindutva and nationalism, has managed to return to power with a gigantic mandate fighting against the phalanx BJP. Although, the party got 5 seats less this time, this nowhere makes the victory lesser than the previous one, which almost was a clean sweep as AAP won 67 seats out of 70. The reason is that such huge mandates are a kind of black swan event. In spite of this, AAP managed to win 62 seats this time. That's why, this victory is even bigger than that of 2015.

How worried is the RSS about the BJP’s lacklustre electoral performance can be gauged from some of Mohan Bhagwat’s observations in the wake of the Delhi results.

Bernie Sanders's overwhelming victory at Nevada caucus on February 22 is a major development in the present campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidential poll on November 3 this year. Nevada results have given a new perspective to the changes that are taking place in the voting behaviour of the supporters of the Democratic Party and how the Vermont Senator is getting support from all sections of the US population on the basis of his democratic socialist programme.

It took over 10 years for the government to enact a law to introduce goods and services tax (GST), since it was first conceived, to replace the cumbersome indirect tax system. The genesis of the introduction of GST in the country was laid down on February 28, 2006. Unfortunately, it seems that the government’s taxation experts and bureaucrats still managed their way to keep the system complicated resulting in unsatisfactory tax compliance. The GST regime may not have failed. But, few will agree that it is producing the desired result.

Bengaluru: Two late goals by ATK cancelled two scored in the first half by Bengaluru as the match ended 2-2 draw at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.

New Delhi: Ravi Dahiya was the only Gold medal winner among the four Indian finalists on the penultimate day of the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Saturday.

Bhubaneswar: India produced a near-perfect shoot-out performance to grab a bonus point in the second Match of their FIH Pro League double-header against Australia, with the hosts emerging 3-1 winners in the one-on-ones after regular time finished 2-2 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

The UK’s “sky-high” visa fees could deter vital NHS staff and the “brightest and best” scientists that Boris Johnson wants to attract with his new immigration policy. The tech experts who till recently flocked to the UK from the EU may not be able to afford to do so if Boris Johnson’s proposed immigration overhaul, as being supposed to be implemented by Priti Patel becomes law.

LIC continues to be in front page news for wrong reasons. Stories are in circulation in the media, more so in the news portals that Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s disinvestment targets make worsen LIC’s health and wealth. There are headlines that LIC’s bad loans have bulged by 145 per cent in the last five years to Rs 30,000 crore as on September 30, 2019. Concern for the continued good financial health of LIC is quiet in order. The nation and its people have great stakes in the LIC.